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PS Guard Virus [RESOLVED]

cosmo0026

Posted 19 August 2005 - 10:45 AM

cosmo0026

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Please help! I have somehow obtained the virus/spyware known as PS Guard. I have tried multiple approaches ie. Spyware Doctor, SpySweeper etc. to destroy it, however whenever I restart my computer there it is again.

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Daemon

Posted 20 August 2005 - 02:03 AM

Click here to download HijackThis by Merijn Bellekom. Doubleclick the file, click Unzip and extract the application to C:\HijackThis. Run it from there to scan your computer.

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Save the log, Ctrl-A to Select All and post it here for examination. Don't fix anything yet as most of what it lists will be harmless.

Daemon

Posted 22 August 2005 - 10:42 AM

Daemon

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Yes, fix them all. Then download smitRem.exe and save the file to your desktop.Double click on the file to extract it to it's own folder on the desktop.

Next, please reboot your computer in Safe Mode by tapping F8 after the BIOS has loaded. Open the smitRem folder, then double click the RunThis.bat file to start the tool. Follow the prompts on screen. Wait for the tool to complete and disk cleanup to finish.

The tool will create a log named smitfiles.txt in the root of your drive, eg; Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed. Please post that log along with a new HJT log in your next reply.

No Dice, I was unable to download it due to the fact that I am running Mozilla Firefox and must utalize Internet Explorer 5.0 for Panda ActiveScan to work. This is a problem because PS Guard is causing Internet Explorer to crash my system whenever opened.